The Role of Family in Society

The church is the institution of positive sanctions while the state beareth the sword. In a child's youth the parents do both. The family functions as a type of church and state until such a time as the child has matured spiritually/religiously and civically.

The church is not a family of families and the state is not either. But to both family is necessary and integral. But this does not make family as such preeminent. That is like saying elementary education is more important than a college education. Both have their place.

Family precedes these two other institutions but there will come a day when a child is liberated, becomes an individual and joins the church and state representing himself. A family represents him when he is young and also administers the sanctions to him. The church nor the state are required by God to raise and train the children He has put here.

Families need to regain the proper role of the family and to not overstep its bounds. Everything written here are simply thoughts not dogma, but these thoughts do merit a place in your contemplations.